if we move to the air force, the general had an interesting thing. he recognized the growth of the chinese, and where they are moving in terms of the development they have. he said something very true and shocking. he said when the chinese say they will have 300 j-20's, you had better believe it. we had better be ready. when we have these cuts, we are already taking a very, very old fleet, and cutting back dramatically. when we look at the navy, the admiral testified with the navy and how difficult it would be to sustain cuts of this magnitude. already, the navy has a $367 million shortfall in the maintenance they have. we have gone from 8% to 22% of failures which is not acceptable in terms of ships. when you look at the shipbuilding plan the pentagon has presented, they indicate we need a floor of 313 ships. the independent panel said we needed 346. you pick the number. the current ship building plan, according to cbo, why not give us to 313. it will drop bus down to 270, or even 170. at a time when the chinese today, for the first time, have more